This three-part course draws on multi-faceted research at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining to provide: an understanding of the costs of conflict in the resource industry; processes and mechanisms by which communities can make their concerns heard and which companies can draw on to work with communities to negotiate and resolve conflict; and the causes and consequences of environmental conflicts in the research sector, and the process of using ecological factors to promote peace.

The Business & Climate Summit will serve as a platform to highlight business solutions towards a low-carbon economy and discuss the frameworks and policies needed to deploy low-carbon solutions.

Organized by the Land, Property and Reparations Division of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), The World Bank, and USAID, the event will draw on case studies of peace operations and peacebuilding efforts. Participants will explore the range of entry points (humanitarian, human rights, state building, development, etc.) and options for dispute resolution and structural reform.

The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the role natural resources play in conflict environments, illustrating both positive and negative situations where natural resources have an impact on a conflict and – conversely - how the environment is impacted by conflict. 

This conference will seek to: provide a forum for sharing lessons and strengthening the participation of civil society and the public sector in climate change-related activities; strengthen collaboration among stakeholders on the issue of climate change and its impacts; and create linkages among organizations at various levels working on climate change.

This event in partnership with the US State Department and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars seeks to develop emerging women leaders from around the world and is committed to training early- to mid-career women to advance their careers in government and public service as they move their nations forward politically, economically, and socially. How women use water, share knowledge, and promote sound management and conservation of water are key issues for our planet’s future and critical issues for women in public service.

This is an informative-exploratory event at Bond with Compassion in World Farming and the UK Food Group to find out more about the role of livestock in climate change debates in the run-up to COP21.

This event will share and discuss learning derived from an action research process carried out in four countries - Colombia, Kenya, South Sudan and Zimbabwe - to better understand citizens’ perspectives in contexts of fragility and chronic violence.

The final objective of this workshop is the identification of a core set indicators and data sets with a global coverage for the key determinants of climate resilient development  (natural hazards related to climate change, vulnerability, adaptive capacity, mitigation, resilience, and development) to guide policy actions in this area. It will offer the opportunity of knowledge sharing between experts, scientists and practitioners, thereby establishing an open forum on climate resilient development which will be supported by a web knowledge platform.